Airline Retail

Nirbana & DusktoDawn

alex — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:03:57 +0000

TravelSIM®

alex — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:54:04 +0000

TravelSIM® is a prepaid SIM card for international travellers and is designed to significantly reduce the costs associated with using your mobile phone overseas.

With coverage in over 190 countries, free incoming calls in over 115 countries, dedicated customer support and excellent value-added services, it’s easy to see why over 3 million customers worldwide have chosen TravelSIM®!

TravelSIM® makes the perfect addition to the airline industry and is available as a private, white label or co-branded product.

WHAT PASSENGERS WANT…

alex — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:37:36 +0000

BRAND NEW, EXCLUSIVE RESEARCH…

What do you really think about your Industry? Don’t forget to take the opportunity to fill in the short delegate survey and give us your opinions about the current state of the Airline Retail Market.

The results of this survey will be exclusively unveiled to delegates in the “What Passengers Want” session at the Airline Retail Conference on Wednesday 8th February. Take part now and see the results unveiled LIVE at the conference!

2012 Asia-Pacific AR.Awards

alex — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:02:59 +0000

Categories Announced for AR. Awards 2012 Asia Pacific
Voting for category winners now open

London 25^th January, 2012

Today, the Airline Retail Conference (ARC), the most focused networking platform for airline buyers and suppliers, has announced the categories for the first ever Airline retail Awards (AR.Awards) for the Asia-Pacific region. The awards, in association with the Airline Retail Conference 2012 (ARC2012) Asia-Pacific in Singapore, follow on from the success of the inaugural AR.Awards which took place in London last June.

There will be nine categories for awards. The first five are to be voted on by ARC delegates in advance of the conference and the last four are to be balloted exclusively by show attendees on Tuesday 7^th February. The nine categories are:

Best Airline for Inflight Retail 2012
Best Airline for Inflight Food & Beverage 2012
Best Inflight Concessionaire 2012
Best Inflight Agent or Distributor 2012
Airline Retail Personality of the Year 2012

ARC2012 Asia-Pacific voted awards:

Best Inflight Product – Retail
Best Inflight Product – Food
Best Inflight Product – Beverage
Best NEW Inflight Product

“We are really excited to be running an awards programme specifically for the Asia Pacific region”, said Alex Vail, Airline Retail Conference Director. “Following on from the success and feedback from last year’s awards in London, and the tremendous growth and influence of the Asia Pacific airline retail market, it was clear we needed to create a similar awards programme, to celebrate innovation and excellence in this booming region”.

Only ARC delegates are eligible to vote for the awards. To register, or for more information, please go to www.airlineretail.com, or contact Shelly.Guerrero@airlineretail.com. Online voting for the open awards closes at midnight on 2^nd February 2012. Nominees will be announced shortly afterwards and winners will be announced at a special gala dinner in Singapore on 7^th February 2012.

Download the AR.Awards rules here:

AR.News sponsor profiles

alex — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:52:16 +0000

Please choose one of the below images to download the full AR.News profiles for our Official Partners, Gala Dinner Partner, Headline Sponsors and Associate Sponsors:

Gérard Bertrand

alex — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:41:51 +0000

Gris Blanc Rose Wine

The color is really crystalline.
The nose and the palate show fruit character.
It reveals freshness, highlighting the fruity flavors.
In mouth, the wine is very tasty and acidulous on the finish.
Best served at 14°C, as an aperitif or with mixed salads, hot appetizers, oven-baked
fishes and spicy dishes.

6em Sens White

Pale yellow colour with green tints. The nose is complex, both floral (laurel, acacia, box tree) and fruity (exotic and citrus fruits). Very aromatic mouth with a nice acidity level. Grades of fresh fruits and an unctuous final. It is a very enjoyable and easy to drink wine thanks to the aromatic freshness.

Gio Red

The Robe is a sabled with a brilliance running through it.
The nose offers a wide variety of aromas including ripe dark fruits as well as cherry and spice with a hint of chocolate.

Gio White

The robe is pale lemon with tints of green.
Aromatically complex with hints of the garrigue, citrus fruit and a verveine infusion.
The palate is fresh and ample – full of ripe fruit and with a hint of hazelnut.
The fruit is neatly balanced with a zingy acidity and finishes with a long clean minerality.
Harmonious, complex, expressive and subtle this wine can be enjoyed as an aperitif or with fish, poultry and cheeses.

Reserve Speciale Sauvignon Blanc

This 100% Sauvignon Blanc comes from carefully selected cool climate vineyards
and displays citrus and exotic fruit notes. This seductive wine is crisp and fresh with
a mineral tinge.

Reserve Speciale Viognier

This 100 % Viognier is pale yellow colored with a pale green hue. Intense bouquet
of white flowers (acacias, hyacinth, orange tree flowers).
Rich and lush with aromas of tropical fruits, dried apricots, hazelnuts and honey.
The finish is crisp and lively.
Serve at 54°F to 59°F as an aperitif or with pastry-based appetizers, or enjoy chilled
on its own or with fresh fish, poultry, Asian cuisine, or shellfish.

Reserve Speciale Chardonnay

Fresh and flavoursome, this 100% Chardonnay comes from the coastal vineyards
offering fresh notes of citrus, ripe apple and white flowers. Maturing in barrels
gives it notes of toast and hazelnut. Overall it is well-balanced, providing both
freshness and minerality.
Serve at 10°C-12°C with scallops, fish in sauce, poultry, and risottos.

Reserve Speciale Carbenet Sauvignon

This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is rounded, intensely fruity (cassis, redcurrant,
plum) and subtly spicy, and offers perfect balance as well as excellent length on
the palate.
Serve at 18°C with roast beef, poultry, or mature cheeses.

Reserve Speciale Syrah

The 100 % Syrah has a robe of deep sabled garnet.
The nose is rich with a heady mix of dark fruit, spicy pepper and a hint of truffle.
The palate is ripe and plump with elegant fine grain tannins framing the
voluptuous fruit.
The finish is long, mineral and very satisfying.
This wine is best enjoyed at 18°C and could be served with grilled meats, games as
well as poultry or mature cheese.

Reserve Speciale Merlot

The wine boasts a dense, deep red colour. In the nose it releases a bouquet of red fruit and spices with a slight hint of wood. Rounded and elegant, this wine is wonderfully smooth on the palate offering notes of red fruit such as cherry and raspberry. Its delicious flavours of ripe fruit develop in the long-lasting finish.

Serve at 18°C with meat, grilled poultry and mature cheeses.

Reserve Speciale Pinot Noir

This 100% Pinot Noir comes from vineyards set at altitude, among the coolest in
the region. This fruity wine offers aromas of ripe cherry, wild raspberry and spices.
The tannins are silky and the finish elegant and well-balanced.
Serve at 16° C with grilled lamb, chicken tajine or mature cheeses.

Reserve Speciale Carignan Vielles Vignes

This 100% Carignan Vieilles Vignes displays aromas of ripe plum,
blackcurrant and dark cherries. Smooth and elegant texture with a
round tannic structure. Enjoy at 18°C with game, lamb and poultry.

Naturalys Chardonnay

Cool and generous with subtle notes of peaches and blossom, this Chardonnay will be ideal at 8-10°C with fish or mature cheeses.

Naturalys Syrah

Round and generous with notes of red fruits and violet, this Syrah will be ideal at 16 – 18 °C with a rack of lamb, roasted poultry or matured cheeses.

Naturalys Merlot

Round and fruity with blackcurrant aromas, this Merlot will be ideal at 18°C with red meats, mushroom risotto or creamy cheeses.

Naturalys Languedoc

This wine is richly endowed with a sombre robe, with shades of intense violet, the nose expresses complex aromas of red and black fruits (raspberry and blackcurrant) accompanied by subtle notes of peppered spices.

To be served at 16°C with duck or lamb, aubergine, grilled tuna with tomato purée, beef with pickled onions or fine cheeses.

Terroir Minervois

Deep red colour. Complex aromas such as black olive and blackberry are due to a controlled fermentation. Elegant thanks to its roundness and fatness on the palate, the aromas are rich and meaty (prunes, roasted coffee and blackcurrant).

Serve at 64 °F (18°C) with game and sauce-based dishes.

Terroir Corbieres

A Seductive deep purple hue is present. The nose is layered with scents of blackcurrent and plums, rosemary and liquorice. The palate is elegant and really smooth with lovely ripe tannins balancing the plump fruit on the mid palate.

Enjoy this wine with grilled and roasted meats, mature cheese and with a smile. Serve at 18°C.

Terroir Languedoc

Very deep purple, opaque. Superb ripeness, intense morello cherry and Languedoc perfume. Full bodied, concentrated, mineral, herbal with subtle oak . Great balance and undeniably Languedoc.

Sabled garnet red rob with a lus hand opulent nose full of dark berry fruit, sweet spice and hints of smoky bacon and liquorice. The palate is bold with big mouthfeel and smooth tannins which provide a great counterbalance to the ripe fruit. The finish is long and rather peppery.

Serve at 18°C with grilled meats, roast chicken and mature cheeses.

Terroir Picpoul de Pinet

The robe has a pale straw hue with shards of peppermint green shooting through the glass like a star flying through the night sky.
The nose is complex and full of citrus and floral notes – on the second nose, one finds a deeper aroma of exotic fruit and a hint of coconut.
The palate is robustly rich in real zesty fruit and livewire acidity which keeps your taste-buds tingling. The finish is long and well rounded.

Best enjoyed young and served at 8°C with shell fish, grilled fish and or Mediterranean salads.

Terroir Fitou

Dense, concentrated colour.
The bouquet opens on complex red fruit compote scents with hints of
raspberry and prune, thanks to careful extraction during vinification and to
the exceptional ripeness of the grapes.
Its body and flesh endow it with great elegance.
The sensation on the palate is powerful, offering up an ideal spectrum of
flavours with very ripe fruit, leather and tannins that have mellowed out
nicely during maturing.
Serve at 18°C with grilled meat, beef or game.

Terroir Saint Chinian

Deep red robe with violet glints. On the nose the wine reveals a rich bouquet of red forrest fruits with hints of thyme and rosemary lingering in the background. The palate is supple and round with soft grain tannins neatly framing the fruit. The finish is long and mineral fresh.

Serve at 18°C with roast meats, rustic pasta dishes and mature cheeses.

Chateau Hospitalet Art de Vivre White Wine

The robe is golden with hints of a fresh green hue.
The nose is an intense mix of aromas including vanilla, moka and toast as well as apricot, peach and zesty fruit.
The palate is round and ample, with balance and freshness running through the mid palate finishing off with a complex aromatic profile of grilled brioche, mint and aniceed.

Enjoy at 10-12°C with grilled fish, salads or simply as an aperitif.

Chateau Hospitalet Art de Vivre Rose Wine

The robe is freshly glimmering and bright.
The nose is ripe and punchy with a wonderful intensity of strawberries, cherries and cream.
The palate is round and ample with balance and freshness. The length is excellent with persistent notes of red fruit.
To be enjoyed at 12°C with sea fish, such as a grilled sea-bass.

Chateau Hospitalet Art de Vivre Red Wine

The robe is dark with hints of ruby red.
The wine is supple and balanced, full of generous jammy fruit with notes of cranberry, black cherry and hints of liquorice and toasted ginger bread. It’s packed with great aromas and flavours.

Best enjoyed at 18°C accompanied by grilled and roasted red meats.

Domaine de Villemajou White Wine

The robe is pale lemon with tints of green.
Aromatically complex with hints of the garrigue, citrus fruit and a verveine infusion.
The palate is fresh and ample – full of ripe fruit and with a hint of hazelnut. The fruit is neatly balanced with a zingy acidity and finishes with a long clean minerality.

Harmonious, complex, expressive and subtle this wine can be enjoyed as an aperitif or with fish, poultry and cheeses.

Domaine de Villemajou Rose Wine

The robe is beautifully rich ROSE colour. Aromatically complex with hints juicy red fruit and floral notes.
On the palate the wine has opulence and great freshness through to the finish.

This Cuvée honours the quality of the exceptional terroir and will honour the table of many gastronomic regions of France and many more countries around the world.

Domaine de Villemajou Red Wine

The robe is rich and sabled. Aromatically complex with hints of jammy fruit, soft spice, leather and coffee.

The palate is round and soft with lovely fruit framed in fine grain tannins. With such balance, this is a wine with good cellaring potential.

Enjoy with grilled red meats, Mediterranean dishes and mature cheese. Best served carafe at 17°C.

Domaine de l’Aigle Chardonnay

Aromas of hazelnut, almond small white flowers such as acacia,
hawthorn and broom. Fresh citrus flavours on the palate back up a
rich, buttery mouthfeel and savoury hints of puffed wheat and
hazelnuts. A long finish and plenty of ageing potential
Best served at 12°C, with quiches, fish in a sauce, roasted poultry and
goat’s cheese.

Domaine de l’Aigle Pinot

Intense red with a purple tint.
The nose is rich in small red berries (blackcurrants and wild strawberries) as well as
sweet spices.
Very agreeable in mouth, this 100% Pinot is very fine with a beautiful mellow tone
and elegant structure.
Best served at 16°C, it will make a wonderful accompaniment to poultry in a
creamy sauce, duck fillet with cherries, or a mellow cheese.

Aigle Noir Viognier

Pale yellow robe with green hue. Intense bouquet of white flowers. The mouth is very
rich, with aromas of tropical fruits, dired apricots, hazelnuts and honey. The finish is
crispy and lively

Aigle Noir Chardonnay

The colour is an old gold, where one can distinguish some tints of green. The nose gives a beautiful expression, which confirms the notes of dry fruits (almonds, nuts), in which are mixed details of toasted vanilla. This assemblage accomplishes a maturity and sensation of smoothness. On the mouth, this wine presents a beautiful harmony, volume with creamy notes and procures a good after taste with slight grilled flavours. To drink as an aperitif or to accompany fish with a delicious sauce, grilled scallops or yoghurt. To serve cold at around 10°C.

Aigle Noir Merlot

Nose reveals flavours of cherries and plums. The texture is round and elegant with a
lingering finish.
Serve at 16°C with red meats or cheese

Aigle Noir Pinot

Cigalus White Wine

Bright yellow with pale green reflections. Bouquet with a lot of
white flowers, citrus fruits combined with white fruits (peach,
apricot, grapefruit) and honey. The palate is lush, opulent and
smooth and at the same time very fresh. There are some hints
of subtle vanilla, light toasty oak taste and very aromatic tropical
fruits. The long, pleasant finish is lively and fresh

Cigalus Red Wine

Intense ruby colour with a mahogany hue. First the bouquet shouts concentrated, very ripe black fruit. After a little time in the glass, more complexity with grilled spice and toasted oak unfolds. The palate is lush and opulent with velvety tannins. The aromas of black fruit – blackberries, black cherries and plums – reappear with a complex empyreumatic web leading into mint. The finish is long with a perfect balance. To be opened one or two hours before serving at 16°C.

Chateau Hospitalet Grand Vin Red Wine

The intense nose dominated by the spicy aromas of red fruits (strawberry).
The mouth presents soft, smooth tannins which finely underline the fruity freshness of this wine. Robust and elegant, ready to drink now and has great future perspectives.
To be discovered with rib of beef, grilled with wine shoots, game: woodcock, wild duck, and boar.

Douceur des Terrois Banylus

Red with tile brick tints. In the nose the wine boasts lovely notes of dried fruit and fresh red fruit, developing into aromas of prune with a hint of roasted coffee, while scents of cocoa emerge over time. On the palate it is powerful with underlying notes of fruit and chocolate. Serve at 16°C with fruit desserts or Catalan pastries, but also with strong cheeses (blue, goat’s, ewe’s) or obviously as an aperitif

Douceur des terrois Maury

A deep colour with purple tints. A powerful bouquet dominated by dark fruit (blackberry, blackcurrant) and prunes.
Great elegance on the palate, with a good length of flavour and a spicy finish. Hints of fruit compotes and wonderful vivacity.
Serve lightly chilled with a mature Roquefort cheese, a fresh fruit salad, home-baked gingerbread or a hot pastry with prunes

Doceur des Terrois Riversaltes

This Rivesaltes presents a beautiful amber robe. The nose expresses complex notes of dry fruits, nuts, currants and honey with a hint of spice.
On the mouth this wine has an exceptional richness, of bitter oranges and wild apricots.
To serve cold, can be consumed as an aperitif or a digestive ideally with melon and ham, cheese pastries, fois gras and fig terrines…

Cremant Brut White Wine

The robe is pale straw coloured with hints of green reflections glimmering at the
edge of the glass. Fine persistent bubbles.
The nose blossoms with fruit and white flowers with a hint of biscuits and
hazelnuts.
The palate is elegantly balanced, complex and well structured.
The fine bubbles dance on the mid palate and leave a long and fresh mineral finish.
Enjoy served chilled at 10°C as an aperitif, or with poultry, spicy salads, goats
cheese or desserts.

La Forge

Endowed with a sombre robe, a matured cherry colour, an explosive nose opens onto grilled toast spices and clove.
With a big sucrosité, the palate reveals powerful and elegant aromas, which evoke caramelized red fruits.
This is a great wine with soft tannins and a spiced after taste.

Le Viala Red Wine

Powerful nose of blackberries and violets and a beautiful attack on the mouth, smooth tanins
and subtle woody notes, beautifully balanced, and an infinitive lasting taste in the mouth.
An extreme delicacy and a huge lasting potential, one to keep in the cellar for up to 15 years!

Aigle Royal White Wine

Bright yellow colour and intense nose.
Complex and subtle aromas: fruit (pineapple, peach, apricot, almond), toast and white flower.
Elegant and mineral in mouth, this wine is flavoured and has a subtly buttered texture, with a long finish.
Best served with shellfishes and fishes, white meats and cheeses.
Enjoy also before and between meals!

Legend Vintage Maury 1939

This Maury offers us a beautiful glistening mahogany shimmer of a robe. The rich nose, powerful and dense, which at first evokes prunes and currants, or figs, and evolves slowly into subtle scents of tobacco and pink pepper.
On the mouth, this wine is powerful and robust, supported by the beautifully round tannins. We find a note of currants, but also small scents of Morello cherries. The perfect acidity gives the palate a very harmonious balance, with a long and persistant finale. A powerful wine, which particularly represents the steep, sunny Maury region.

Legend Vintage Rivesaltes 1936

Brick-red, crystalline colour with lovely coppery tints.
On the nose our Rivesaltes is disconcertingly fresh and elegant. Notes of honey, acacia and mild spices come to the fore against a backdrop of apricot and candied kumquat.
The impression on the palate is light and airy. The aromas of the bouquet return, backed up by a pleasing bitterness evocative of orange peel. Very harmonious overall, with exceptional length.

Reserve Speciale Muscat White Wine

This 100% Muscat sec has a pale yellow colour. Expressive exotic
fruit and flowers aromas. Complex and fresh.
Enjoy chilled as an aperitif, with asparagus, grilled fish or fruit
salad.

Royce’ Confect Co., Ltd.

alex — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:18:36 +0000

Nama Chocolate

Nama Chocolate is our signature product. The moisture content of our Nama Chocolate is 17% – 18%. The content of fresh cream and liquor accounts for one fourth of the total ingredients. Such a high content of fresh cream can only be achieved with cream made from locally-grown Hokkaido milk. The delicate silky palate comes from here.

Potato Chip Chocolate

Potato Chip Chocolate was born from the idea to create a new palate and original taste. Crispy potato chips melt-on-the-lips chocolate generates a surprisingly balanced taste. The nice crispy sensation is created from the thickness of the potato chips and the chocolate. The combination is unexpected and once you start eating them you cannot stop.

Pure Chocolate

Ingredients, production process, figure, size etc. are keenly examined from all angles to enhance the melt-in-the-mouth palate. Pure Chocolate is available in a variety from rich cream milk to extra bitter of high cacao.

Prafeuille Chocolat

“Freuille” in “Prafeuille” is the French word for leaf. A variety of sauces is sandwiched between just 3mm of thick chocolate leaves. First the crispy texture of the chocolate, then it melts on the tongue: a velvety delicious palate.

Chocolate Wafers

Hazelnut cream is sandwiched between crispy wafers coated with moderately sweet chocolate. This is a new favourite among adults who are attracted by the cocoa fragrance.

Baton Cookies

The concept is by combining the best of both chocolate and cookies, a light touch and a taste of “can’t stop eating”. The crispy light palate, fundamental for the Baton Cookies, is achieved by fine-tuning the delicate thickness of the cookies and the chocolate.

Nutty Bar Chocolate

The appeal of the Nutty Bar Chocolate lies in the fragrant milk chocolate and the gianduja of hazelnuts and almonds. The appeal is further enhanced by the unique and rich flavour of soft nuts like pecan, cashew and macademia and the crispy and spicy almonds.

Fruit Bar Chocolate

White chocolate blended with strawberry powder, dried mango, cranberry, frozen dried strawberry, almond puff and banana essence. You can taste the various fruit flavours at one time.

Criollo Chocolate

Bitter: Chocolate that fully conveys the intense flavour of the rare Criollo Cacao bean.

Sweet: Moderately sweet chocolate with the delicate flavor of the rare Criollo Cacao bean.

Milk: The blend of rare Criollo Cacao beans and milk leaves a refreshing taste in the mouth.

Coffee Chocolate

The truly impressive aroma is the same as that of freshly-brewed coffee. A full-tasting coffee flavour with an excellent after-taste.

Morgan & Oates

alex — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:48:14 +0000

Prune Crushed Silk Wrap

This beautiful wrap from Morgan & Oates is made from the softest 100% crushed silk. Cleverly tinted in shades from the softest lavender to the deepest stunning purple it is the ultimate fashion accessory perfect for every occasion from the beach to the restaurant, from the office to the trip around town. Exclusive to Travel Retail.

Small Leopard Spot Beige Wrap

Wrap yourself in a little luxury once the sun has gone down with this exquisite cashmere and merino wrap from Morgan & Oates. Individually hand painted each one is a unique representation of a fashionable leopard print design. Exclusive to Travel Retail this beautiful wrap is the perfect gift for the special lady in your life.

ABISTE CORPORATION

alex — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:39:15 +0000

“All Occasion for All Women”

Our best selling necklaces are good for every occasion. This necklace is basic, but sophisticated. That’s why all women love our necklace.

“Always Elegant”

ABISTE introduces new elegance to all women. You will never find such an elegant watch at our price. Flower designed brass belt stands out from other ordinary watches. Not only belt, but also flower made from crystal on the watch face adds a luxurious touch to the watch.

“Add one more helpful fashion item to your life”

Perfect gift for all women and this bag-hanger is very helpful once you start using it. No more hassle for your present whether she likes your present or not. Women love fancy and practical fashion items. It is made of brass and crystal stones. The bag hanger holds up to 2kg.

“More pleasure with writing”

Ideal gift for yourself, your family and your friend. This glittering pen creating magnificent light reflection to al directions. You can find refill for this pen easily in most stationary shops. Around 400 pieces of crystals are placed by hand on every pen.

“Good present, always comes with something extra”

Present for all women who you wish to make happy. ABISTE introduces the new ultimate perfume accessory. This delicately designed bottle is a lovely case holding your favourite perfume. This is the new way to take your favourite perfume with you all the time.

“Enjoy more than scent with your favourite perfume”

When it comes to perfume, there is always one more present for everybody. Women love to carry their favourite scent. This atomizer brings women to enjoy the scent at any time. There is always one more present for women. Create new need for your customer with our atomizer.

“Lovely bookmarker is easy to find”

It is easy to find book lovers at the airport and onboard. There is always need for such a good target. This bookmarker is good for themselves and as a present for anybody who loves to read books and magazines. This bookmarker can also be used as a marker for diaries.

AR Alimentare

alex — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:37:06 +0000